RESOLUTION No. 36230

Declare the purpose and intent of the City to initiate a speed bump project on SE 34^th Avenue between SE Hawthorne Boulevard and SE Division Street. (Resolution)

WHEREAS,  on July 30, 1997, the City Council adopted the Hawthorne Boulevard Transportation Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Hawthorne Boulevard Transportation Plan includes recommendations to provide safer, more convenient, and more attractive bike access in and around SE Hawthorne Boulevard, with an emphasis on improving side street bike routes; and

WHEREAS, SE 34^th Avenue is classified as a Local Service Street and a City Bikeway between SE Division Street and SE Hawthorne Boulevard; and

WHEREAS,  between November 2000 and June 2001, the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) worked with a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to refine the Hawthorne Boulevard Transportation Plan and make recommendations for project implementation and construction; and

WHEREAS, SE 34th Avenue residents and neighborhood cyclists approached PDOT and the CAC with their concerns about speeding traffic and cyclist safety on the narrow, 30-foot-wide roadway; and

WHEREAS, the Streamlined Speed Bump Project criteria require a minimum 85^th percentile traffic speed of 30 miles per hour (MPH) for local streets to qualify for speed bump projects; and

WHEREAS, the highest 85^th percentile traffic speed recorded on SE 34^th Avenue was 29 MPH; and

WHEREAS, PDOT evaluated traffic and safety conditions on SE 34^th Avenue and determined that speed bumps will be an improvement for cycling safety; and

WHEREAS, the CAC recommended that PDOT budget local project funds to install speed bumps on SE 34^th Avenue in order to calm traffic and to support its function as a City Bikeway, pending the approval of the street’s residents; and

WHEREAS, PDOT notified SE 34^th Avenue residents about the proposed speed bump project and held a project open house on June 17, 2004; and

WHEREAS, PDOT recommends following the procedures for Streamlined Speed Bump Projects to gather adjacent residents' endorsement and to install speed bumps on SE 34^th Avenue.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Portland directs PDOT to initiate a speed bump project on SE 34^th Avenue between SE Hawthorne Boulevard and SE Division Street; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Streamlined Speed Bump Project neighborhood petition process allows adjacent residents to approve or reject the construction of speed bumps on SE 34^th Avenue; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the estimated cost of the improvements is $15,000 which will be funded with local project funds budgeted in fiscal year 2004/2005; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if petitions are returned to PDOT with two-thirds (67%) of adjacent residents in support of the project, the City of Portland directs PDOT to construct the proposed speed bumps in the locations shown or in close proximity to the locations shown on the attached Exhibit A – “Proposed Speed Bump Project.”

Adopted by the Council, June 30, 2004

GARY BLACKMER

Commissioner Jim Francesconi  AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND

Jean Senechal-Biggs:slg  BY /S/ Susan Parsons

June 23, 2004

Hawthorne-traffic calming Resolution.doc    DEPUTY

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 775-2004

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 36230